The first album by Greg and amazing Sydney vocalist Jennifer
Knight. Covering swing, latin, smooth jazz and some
blues this album has it all. "The best musical project
I have ever been involved in over nearly 40 years".
Jennifer has the most amazing and unique voice. As
Greg says "It's like Ella Fitzgerald meets Peggy Lee at
Bonnie Tyler's barbecue and Steve Nicks is doing the
cooking"!!!!

‘Tonight I’m with you’ was
originally released in 2011 as part of a 4 song EP
– ‘Tonight I’m with
you – 4 songs of love’ (GEM-006), (Available at all good
on-line stores) by Sydney based singer, composer, multi-
instrumentalist Nicholas Woodford.The original version was a light pop/rock ballad
reaching number 5 on several on-line music charts.

Greg handed the
re-imagining of this song to his great friend in New York,
Vinnie Zummo (former Joe Jackson Band Guitarist, film
composer and studio musician) to give his own special vibe
to the song.
Vinnie’s arrangement with soaring guitars, background
vocals, drums etc result in a soaring, powerful song with
lush layers of guitars and vocals that float up and support
the original Nicholas Woodford vocals to perfection.Once heard, this song cannot be forgotten and you
will find yourself singing the hook in your head constantly!

This new 2016 Special Edition again
features the original Nicholas Woodford vocal supported by a
totally different musical backing that goes uses lush
strings, backing vocal harmonies and a soaring Piccolo
Trumpet!

‘Everything’s going my way’
was originally a light Pop/Rock love ballad released in 2011
as part of the EP ‘Tonight I’m with you’ (GEM-006),
(Available at all good on-line stores) by the composer Greg
Englert.

In the spirit of his 25th
anniversary special edition releases, Greg started exploring
the song and came up with a distinct drum feel that was
reminiscent of Civil War/Military Band drumming and decided
to re-imagine the song using that feel.He kept the original vocal by Nicholas Woodford,
which was recorded in a major key, and then added a minor
key drone and period instruments to completely change the
song from a happy love ballad to something more mysterious
and brooding.As
he painted the picture an entire story of conflicting
emotions came pouring out.It became a soldier lying on a battlefield thinking
about his life and how wonderful it has been because of his
love for his wife back home.However whilst he sings it, there is that constant
feeling that he may die tomorrow and it will all be gone.

The final piece of the story was the wife
back home, who is also at that moment thinking about her
husband far away. Greg brought in his dear friend,the exceptional singer Meera Belle who very quickly
created the part of the wife with her amazing ability to
sing harmonies.

The result is something that was not intended
when Greg started this series of releases.But it grew into a complete story which had to be
told.Remember,Everything may be going your way, but will it last?...

‘Don’t tell
me, show me’ was originally released in 2011 as part of a 4
song EP–
‘Tonight I’m with you – 4 songs of love’ (GEM-006),
(Available at all good on-line stores) composed by Greg
Englert and featuring the multi-talented Sydney based
singer, composer, multi- instrumentalist Nicholas Woodford

This new 2016 Special Edition again
features the original Nicholas Woodford vocal supported by a
totally different musical backing that goes moves from a
solo piano to a soaring guitar solo over a wall of strings,
backing vocal harmonies and a few ‘secret’ ingredients!

The track was mastered by Steve
Turnidge from Ars Divina/Ultra Violet Studios in Seattle,
Washington.

Rainbow Dance was originally released as a latin/jazz song
with vocals by Ms Jo Kenderes in 2013 as part of a 3 song EP
- Days like these, (GEM007) available on CD baby and all
good on-line stores.

Greg handed the re-imagining of this song to his dear friend
and legendary Australian Jazz songstress Sandie White.
Sandie took the song apart and re-built it using her unique
ability to weave and scat, creating what Greg has called
"the definitive version of this song". Sandie's scat chorus
was recorded in one take, a testament to her amazing vocal
abilities! The result is a beautiful, free and flowing swing
song that keeps the listener entranced from the very start.

‘At Sunset’ was originally released in 2013 as part of a 3
song EP – ‘Days like these’ (GEM-007), (Available at all
good on-line stores) composed by Greg Englert and featuring
the multi-talented Sydney based singer, Ms Jo Kenderes. The
song received a Runner-up top award for the world-wide ‘Song
of the year’ July 2009 competition and was a top 5 finalist
in the same competition in November 2009. At Sunset also
achieved number 1 status on the MP3.com charts in both the
Latin and the Jazz charts as well as number 3 on the
Soundclick Latin and Smooth Jazz charts.

This new 2016 Special Edition features the amazing Sydney
based vocalist Meera Belle. Dubbed The Ruby Voice by her
first teacher, she was offered a place at the Royal Northern
College of Music in which she debuted at the UK premiere of
seminal Dutch composer Louis Andriesson’s ‘Die Materie’,
capturing the attention of the composer himself.

After hearing her mezzo solo in ‘The Sword and The Crown’
(Gregson), conductor Nicholas Childs asked her to record
with the world famous Black Dyke Brass band to critical
acclaim:
“…..a stunning recording…”, John Maines, British Bandsman.

She made her Royal Albert Hall debut at the World Premiere
of ‘An Age Of Kings’ and then her Welsh debut in St David’s
Hall, Cardiff.

Meera has since created the roles of The Diva and The Angel
for daring outdoor spectacular ‘Albatross’, braving several
thousand pounds worth of fireworks exploding directly behind
her. ‘Albatross’, a multi-media show based on ‘The Rhyme of
the Ancient Mariner’, was a highlight at the 2004
Glastonbury Festival. She was also the featured soloist at
Manchester’s inaugural Last Night of The Proms.
Meera debuted the lead role of Isabella in the world
premiere of ‘Isabella And The Pot Of Basil’ in Covent
Garden, January 2005.

Following her first contract in 2004 as Featured Vocalist
aboard the QE2 cruise liner and she was invited back
immediately for the 2005 World Cruise (Voyage of Discovery),
during which she reprised her highly successful “Viva Diva”
Show with fellow soprano Ellen Smith in 2006.

Meera appeared as the Botticelli ‘Venus’ in a new outdoor
mini-opera performed at UK’s largest arts festival,
Brighton, and at the annual Garden of Delights Festival in
Manchester where she arose from the shell suspended in a
lake.

Meera's work is deliberately diverse spanning
concert/opera/music theatre/straight theatre/street
theatre/pop/jazz and she has also recorded several dance
singles with UK producers Force Four.

Since her return to Sydney, she has coached with cabaret
legend Paula Langlands, former NIDA Head Of Voice Tim
Patston and Patricia Oertel. As well as performing her own
shows, she has teamed up with John Hardaker to perform in
BossaBaby - a sexy latin twist on old rock and pop classics
- check the Audio Page for recordings!

Most recently, Meera has returned from concerts in Russia
with her vintage vocal trio, The Starr Sisters.

The track was mastered by Steve Turnidge from Ars
Divina/Ultra Violet Studios in Seattle, Washington.

15 year old
Stephanie Foster will bring you to tears with her sweet and
innocent rendition of a love song.

‘Tell me so’ was originally released in
2004 as part of the album ‘Here with you’ (GEM-002),
(Available at all good on-line stores) by the composer Greg
Englert.The
original version was a light pop love ballad.

Greg handed the re-imagining of this
song to a delightful 15 year old young lady Stephanie
Foster.Greg
met Stephanie when he performed as part of the New Empire
Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra in Australia in which
Stephanie played violin.It didn’t take long for Greg to find out that
Stephanie was also an extremely talented Lyric
Coloratura Soprano singer.Greg immediately saw that such a beautiful, sweet and
innocent voice was perfect for his song ‘Tell me so’ however
focusing on a much lower range than Stephanie was used to
revealing a warm and solid lower range!The result is a delightful song that is guaranteed to
move your emotions and bring you to tears, it is just that
sweet.Whilst
recording the song Greg also asked Stephanie to try some of
her Lyric Colurtura singing and out came this amazing voice!Wow!So
we had to put a little teaser on the end of the song.You will be amazed at the talent in such a young
person!A
future, Sarah Brightman?

A tribute to the music of Brian Wilson
and the Beach boys with soaring vocals, stunning backing
harmonies and that wonderful surf music guitar feel.

‘Oh Baby’ was originally a
Dixieland jazz composition ‘Mee Woo’s Blues’ released in
1990 as part of the album ‘Wockwongs’ (Ozz jazz 001),
(Available at all good on-line stores) by the composer Greg
Englert.

As the series involves
re-imagining previously released songs of Greg’s by other
people, he went for a rummage through his compositions and
found the second song he ever wrote called Mee Woo's Blues.
You can imagine his surprise when he pulled out the original
music and found written on the back of the paper "Originally
titled 'Gee Baby don't you know what you're doing to me"
with a full lyric.......

So he recorded quick demos
and came up with the idea to do the song in a Beach Boys
style. He sent the demos to his buddy Vinnie Zummo (former
Joe Jackson guitarist, studio musician, composer, arranger)
in New York City with instructions to do a Beach Boys
version of the song. Vinnie proceeded to build a really
wonderful arrangement of the song featuring great guitars
and multi-layered vocals a-la early Beach Boys. Vinnie and
Greg decided that such a song really needed a West Coast US
voice to sing the lead vocal.

There was really only one person Greg could
hear singing this song and that was his friend Scott Bennett
from L.A.Scott
is a Grammy winning, Golden Globe nominated
multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and producer who
has created songs and performed with rock’s legends: the
Beach Boys, 15 years with Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Jeff
Beck, David Crosby, Billy Joel, Neil Young, The Who, Bruce
Springsteen, Paul Simon and Elton John.Brian Wilson has called Scott “the most talented
musician I’ve ever met.”Scott is one of the few people to have written songs
and produced albums with Brian Wilson.

Greg contacted Scott and he was more than
happy to help.
Despite only having a small window of opportunity to record
the vocals, (small side issues such as a Golden Globe
Nomination, ceremony and Brian Wilson concerts!), Scott
produced exactly what Vinnie and Greg were after. The
final ‘icing on the cake’ comes from the uber talented Tim
Ross, creator of the animated cartoon band ‘Apology None’.Tim contributed the vocals for the middle eight
section of the song!Thanks Tim.(Don’t forget to check out Tim and Apology None).

The track was mastered by
Steve Turnidge from Ars Divina/Ultra Violet Studios in
Seattle, Washington.

The result is a homage to
Greg’s musical hero Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, with
soaring vocals, lush harmonies and lots of “my baby” through
a song originally recorded as a Dixieland jazz blues!

To celebrate 25 years as a music producer Sydney based
composer, producer, musician Greg Englert decided to
re-visit his previously released music. Rather than re-mix
and use alternate takes Greg started a project to have his
favourite singers and musicians from around the world
re-imagine his compositions in their own special ways. The
result is a series of epic special edition recordings
ranging from Pop and Rock, through Jazz and Swing to Civil
War Movie genres.

'Wombat Wobble' was originally a dixieland ditty released in
1990 as part Greg's first album 'Wockwongs' (Ozz Jazz 001),
(Available at all good on-line stores) by the composer Greg
Englert.

In the ensuing years Wombat Wobble has become Greg's most
popular, most requested and most download/purchased
recording with 10 times the sales as every other recording
Greg has done combined!!

So in the spirit of the 25th Anniversary Series Greg decided
to do a dance mix, especially for all his young fans who
regularly Wobble along to the Wombat Wobble!

The dance mix includes the comments made in the original
recording by Australian jazz legend Tony Howarth who
ad-libbed some hilarious comments playing the role of the
wombat!

I hope you enjoy the dance mix as much as I did making it -
wobble wobble wobble!

3 Jazzy tracks by the amazing internationally reknown Meera
Belle who has performed at such iconic venues as Royal
Albert Hall and the QE2. Add Meera's exquisite vocals
with 2 new swing compositions and 1 sultry ballad by Greg
and you have the recipe for heaven!

Footnote:- This album was recorded at Wollongong in
1984. It was given to the band members on cassette.
Years later Greg Englert mastered the cassette onto CD and
sent it to Dave Dallwitz. Dave agreed to do the art
work for the album and completed the job only 11 days prior
to his death on 24/03/2003. The album became a tribute
CD and was released only to the band members.

The New Empire Ballroom
Ragtime Dance Orchestra - live in concert - 2014

Greg is happy to have
played on tracks 1 to 11 on this delightful recording.
This young band, under the guidance of Mr Barney Waters, is
keeping alive the wonderful music of the 1920's in a 'true
to the art' manner.